The Kenyan government released the final draft of the country's new constitution Tuesday, amidst protests from those upset with President Mwai Kibaki for his failure to limit any of his over-reaching presidential powers in the new constitution. The Kenyan Electoral Commission will set a national referendum for November in which the 197 page draft will [...]

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Lawyers for Moroccan-born Mounir al-Motassadeq , who was convicted by a German court last week for his involvement with the 9/11 attacks, said Tuesday that they have appealed the conviction. Motassadeq's lawyers claim the evidence linking him to the attacks was circumstantial and that he was not involved in the Hamburg-based terror cell of hijacker [...]

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Former Kyrgyzstan Prime Minister Nikolai Tanayev on Tuesday denied corruption allegations that were made during the March uprisings that ousted him and former President Askar Akayev from office . Tanayev has been accused of using government money improperly, including buying expensive cars for government officials and funding Akayev's presidential library. An arrest warrant was issued [...]

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The US Securities and Exchange Commission Tuesday filed fraud charges against two former Kmart executives for misleading investors about Kmart's financial future before the company filed for bankruptcy in January 2002. Former Chief Executive Officer Charles C. Conaway and former Chief Financial Officer John T. McDonald allegedly disclosed "materially false and misleading" information about the [...]

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